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Total Quality Logistics, Cincinnati, has been selected for the sixth year in a row as a Great Supply Chain Partner by SupplyChainBrain.
North Bay Produce Inc., Traverse City, Mich., is focusing on sustainability with a grant that will allow it to purchase compostable packaging equipment for blueberries.
SUN VALLEY, Idaho — Potatoes USA is ending its investment in and association with the Culinary Institute of America.
Crunch Pak, which pioneered apple slices 20 years ago, is offering sliced pears to retailers under the Opera label.
Premier Citrus Marketing, Vero Beach, Fla., has hired Kevin Swords as director of North American sales and added fruit from two more packinghouses.
FiveStar Gourmet Foods, Ontario, Calif., is introducing a Grilled Steak Salad at Costco stores.
Maglio Cos., Milwaukee, Wis., has introduced a corrugated retail shipping unit that showcases its ReadyRipe watermelon pouches.
An abridged version of Florida’s 44th Tomato Conference, canceled due to Hurricane Dorian’s approach in the Atlantic, has been rescheduled for Oct. 2-3 in a new location.
Black Gold Farms, Grand Forks, N.D., has added Doug Kling to its board of directors.
Rivers End Nursery & Farm has been Endorsed. Fresh Roots Market, Queen of the Hill Farm LLC, Soto Grace Produce LLC and The Asparagus Company LLC are new companies to the Market. Plus updated company profiles.
Cultures de Chez Nous, Inca Foods Inc., lēf Farms, Pacific Coast Cherry Packers LLC and Red Tomato are new companies to the Market. East Coast Farms & Vegetables, Farm Fresh Direct LLC and Gills Onions LLC have updates.
FreshEdge is sponsoring the United Fresh Produce Excellence in Foodservice Awards Program at the United Fresh Produce Association’s show next year.
Buzalka, E Ritter Farm Management Inc, Guanatos Produce Inc., and Staack LLC are new companies to the Market. Bautista Family Organic Date Ranch, Brookdale Farm, Cape Cod Organic Farm and others have company changes.
Berry People, Hollister, Calif., has a new source of Mexican berries to fill gaps in the fall and winter.
Reusable Plastic Container company IFCO has named Jonathan Brooks as vice president of retail sales.
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate why produce-grower prices have stayed stagnant or declined while prices have increased along the supply chain.
7 Palmas Produce LLC, CJ Foods Manufacturing Beaumont Corp., Global Fruits LLC, J L Garza Investments LLC, and Monkey Chips are new companies to the Market. Diamondback Acres Inc., KSG Trade Co and others have updates.
Stewart and Lynda Resnick, whose companies include Halos marketer The Wonderful Co., are pledging $750 million to Caltech, for sustainability research.
Why retailers keep strawberries up front — and top of mind — even after summer heat fades.
Del Monte Fresh Produce is launching Better Break, a snack line featuring an array of vegetables.
San Francisco, Calif.-based Side Delights is starting a multimedia ad campaign featuring a virtual-reality video and podcast programming.
Lakeview Farm Market Inc. is a new company to the Market. B & L Farms, Ewing Fruit Co., Fresh International LLC, Fresh Start Advantage Inc., Freshpoint South Florida, GoodFarms, J V Farms Inc., and more have updates.
Taylor Fresh Foods has purchased the assets of Club Chef, a Covington, Ky., fresh-cut processor owned by the Castellini Co.
Flavor Tree Fruit Co. has changed out some equipment at its arils facility, increasing automation and making the process less dependent on manual labor.
BOSTON — Rich Dachman had two goals at the keynote speech he presented at the New England Produce Council’s 20th anniversary Produce, Floral and Foodservice Expo.
Oswaldo Silva is the new vice president and chief procurement officer at Square One Farms LLC, Miramar, Fla.
Sheboygan, Wisc.-based A.J. Wholesale Produce Inc., has been awarded a maximum $48.6 million federal contract to supply fresh fruits and vegetables to schools in two states.
Two free web seminars on listeria are being presented by universities that have received grants from the Center for Produce Safety.
The Food and Drug Administration has released a Food Safety Dashboard to help track Food Safety and Modernization Act rules and measure their progress.
Greenhouse grower and marketer Houweling’s Group plans to use Apeel Sciences’ shelf life technology to do away with the plastic wrap on its English cucumbers.